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B; J. BROOKS.

SEAL PRESS.

No. 301,043. Patented June 24, 1884.

INVENTOR.

Unirnn dra'rns AllFN'll FFllEE.

EDWARD J. BROOKS, OF EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO E. .LBROOKS 8t00., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SEAL-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 301,043, dated June 24,1884-.

Application filed October 25, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom i[; may concern;

Be it known that I, EDWARD J BROOKS, a

citizen of the United States, residing at East Orange, in the State ofNew Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Seal- Presses,of which the following is a specificatiOn. a

My present invention is embodied in a small plier-press, primarilydesigned for use in connection with my tin-and-rivet seals, patentedJune 27, 1882, as set forth in my specification forming part of UnitedStates Patent N 0. 260,279, my tin-and-eyelet seals, patented 0ctober16,1883, as set forth in my specification forming part of United StatesPatent N 0. 286,775, and other seals of the same classes.

This invention consists in providing the press or pliers with ashackle-cutter of peculiar construction, adapted to hold onto the cutshackle or tin strip, releasing only that end thereof which' is freedfrom the seal portion,

so that the cut seal may be readily withdrawn from the sealing-staplesof a car, for example, by means of the press without endangering thehands of the officer by contact with the sharp edges of the tin strip,the press, including its shackle-cutter and puller aforesaid, be-

ing adapted to be made with its main partstwo in number-identical orsubstantially identical with each other, whereby manufacture isfacilitated, and a superior article may consequently be furnished at arelatively low cost as compared with seal-presses heretofore in use.

A sheet of drawings accompanies this specification as part thereof.

Figure 1 of these drawings is a side view of my aforesaid seal-pressadapted for pressing rivet-seals. Fig. 1 is an elevation of its spring,as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. Fig. 2 represents a longitudinalsection of the press on the line 2 2, Fig. 1; and Figs. 3 and 4represent, respectively, cross-sections at 3 3 and 4 4, Fig. 1,illustrating its operation.

Like letters of reference indicate correspond ing parts in the severalfigures.

This seal-press is composed of two main parts, AB, a helical wirespring, 3, and a pivotal screw or rivet, p, with a pair of sealingdies,cl d, and a pair of cutters, c 0, carried by said main parts as portionsthereof. Said main parts AB are intended to be malleableized ironcastings, with said cutters c c and dies (Z d, of steel, cast fasttherein. They are further provided with notches a 12 adjacent to therespective cutters c c, and with, flush or prominent holdingsurfaces h hopposite the same, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4, and with apertures a a, toreceive the pivotal screw or rivet p, and concentric recesses orenlargements e c of said apertures a a, to accommodate the springsbetween the main parts, as shown in Fig. 2. Ineluding these features,in the rough, the two main parts are identical with each-other, so as tobe cast from a single pattern, and are adapted to be finished by one andthe same set of gages and tools, save only that indenta' tions 1' 1; areformed at different points within said recesses e e in the respectiveparts, to receive the respective extremities of said spring 8, asindicated in Fig. 1, and for the reception of a flush-screw at p, as inthe drawings, the apertures cm in the respective main parts are tappedand countersunk,respectively, as shown in Fig. 2. The respective ends ofthe two main parts form a pair of jaws, j j, which carry the dies (2 d,and a pair of lever-handles, 77, which carry the cutters c c, and bywhich the dies and cutters'are operated.

The press in normal condition is held open by the action of the spring8, as represented in Fig. 1. Grasped by its lever-handles Z Z, it isreadily applied to the rivet r of a tin-andrivet seal, S, so as tocompress the former, to fasten the seal by closing the die-carrying jawsj j thereon, as illustrated by Fig. 3; or, by passing one lever-handlethrough the loop of the shackle or tin strip i, and closing the cuttersc c and holdingsurfaces h h upon the lat ter, as illustrated by Fig. 4,it serves to cut the tin strip by said cutters c c, to release oneextremity by its notches an, and to hold onto the seal by saidholdingsurfaces h h, so as to pull the'shackle out of thesealing-staples ss, or the like, with which it was interlocked, so as toobviate grasping the tin strip or endangering the hands by contact withits sharp edges, as also to facilitate and expedite the unsealingoperation.

By simply adding a nipple to one of the dies d, and furnishing the otherwith a coinciding aperture, as in ordinary eyeleting-presses, the pressis adapted for pressing tin-and-eyelet seals, as aforesaid; and, asadapted to either form of seal, the dies and cutters may be transposedwith reference to the pivot p, so that the dies (2 shall be carried bythe lever-handles Z, and the cutters 0 with their appurtenances by thejaws 9', so as to facilitate using the cutters, if preferred.

I am aware that band-cutters used in clipping the wire bands aroundsheaves of wheat as they are fed to a thrashing-machine have beenadapted to hold onto one end of the wire band. I do not therefore seekto cover this mode of operation, broadly; neither do I claim herein,broadly, the manufacture of the two main parts of my press of one andthe same pattern, knowing this to be old in the 1rglanufacture of pliersof various kinds;

Having thus described my said improvement in seal-presses, I claim as myinvention and desire to patent under this specification A seal-press inthe form of pliers, having fastening-dies d, shackle-cutters c,releasingnotches n, and holding-surfaces h, substantially as hereinspecified, the two main parts in rough being adapted to be made of oneand the same pattern, for the purposes set forth.

EDNVARD J. BROOKS.

Witnesses:

H. L. O. VVERTZ, J S. JENNINGS.

